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[quote name='mrtcat' timestamp='1493142534' post='3286027'] Whoop, paid a visit to Paul at CIEM in Stanstead Abbots today and had the ear impressions done for re-shelling my UE900s. Nice guy and very professional. 6 week wait now whilst my UE900s are sent to California to be transformed into custom moulds. Anyone considering doing this should be aware that the £199 quoted for reshells will rise to £300 by the time you factor in the required impression work and new cables (existing ones won't fit once they are reshelled. [/quote] They used to rehouse the existing connector :-/ Looks like they are standardising with the two pin. Impressions will normally cost you 30-40 quid if you can't blag them for free. Let us know when they arrive... I think that you will be suitably impressed with the transformation!

[quote name='alexclaber' timestamp='1493122418' post='3285757'] Can you suggest some better ones, considering that 99.9% of musicians have no understanding of what a decibel is? [/quote] There's musicians round these parts?

Was listening to the radio this morning and a clip of Dave Edmunds and Queen Of Hearts came on... a song that to me, could quite easily be a Traveling Wilbury's track. It's certainly got that signature sound... and they all kinda give a nod to the Everly Bros and Buddy Holly too I guess. Has anybody get similar parallels when they hear tracks that aren't by the artists that you would expect to be performing them - give examples. And yes, it's inevitable that the Beatles/Oasis thing is bound to come up!

Can't give you any pointers in Scotland - but certainly down here in the Midlands, the musicals music scene is very tight knit but not impossible to break into. The best advice I can give, is start going to the local Am Dram group performances and get to know who the musical directors are... then from there, go and speak to them at the pit after the performance and massage their egos... or go and stalk them on Facebook. The MDs tend to know each other and when bands are put together, MDs calls each other when they are players short. Make sure your reading is up to scratch... you tend to get only one shot... and if you balls it, you are not going to be even bottom of the "who gets the call" list. Oh... and extra prizes for the most inventive graffiti in the score.

Psst... [url="http://christopherhopper.com/2013/06/jason-rodgers-pedalboard-and-the-bike-chain-link-method/"]http://christopherho...in-link-method/[/url] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr3GfSrL68k[/media] With some screws off eBay and a good length of chain, you'll have enough to last many lifetimes.

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1493042741' post='3285109'] No, I checked that earlier - he's going to run a cabinet as well as the DI [/quote] So you did - missed it! In which case, a decent mic is defo the easiest option! (May be a little more costly but I think it will take a lot of hassle out of the equation!)

Just thought - you aren't planning on running the head without a cab and just a DI are you? You will still need a load on a valve amp...

The Roqsolid are more or a light weight dust cover. If you are looking for extra padding, there's https://www.hotcovers.co.uk/mark-bass/mark-bass-new-york-122-cab-cover

The Behringer is a great DI box for this application - but remember, without cab emulation, the DI is going to be quite bright in comparison to what you are hearing through your cab.. so without speaker emulation, you will need a FOH engineer who is prepared to work with your to get the cab sound back into your feed. You haven't said what sort of budget you are looking at... but with a speaker output compatible DI box and something like a Two Torpedos cabinet sim, you could get some crazy good feeds out to front of house. Off the top of my head, in addition to ones that have already been mentioned, throw the ART and Kemper DI box into the mix... but I would urge you to go with a box with some sort of cabinet emulation that can be completely turned on or off if you are looking for a one box solution.

Hmm. That headstock still :-/

[quote name='Rumple' timestamp='1492532448' post='3281014'] A top quality job can be pretty expensive, the best Poly one I've had done was by Bow Finishing down in Surrey, it was £300 when I had it done some 5 or 6 years ago, that was a bare body with no old finish to remove! [/quote] The Bow boys are the business.

Mike257 already got my views covered.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1492455580' post='3280441'] There's a member here that plays some serious gigs using that setup, it's basically a 4x12 stack but with the top two as the Markbass combos and the bottom two as the matching ext speakers, he can cover anything from a little pub with a single combo right upto a symphony hall using all four,and he has done! [/quote] And here it is... although he has swapped the extension cabs for the Traveler cabs to get the hf horns instead of the piezos.

[quote name='BobVbass' timestamp='1492496122' post='3280621'] Have a look at Fenders new ones as well - great reviews [/quote] They aren't exactly new - they are rebadged Aurisonics, which Fender bought just over a year ago. Aurisonic were certainly a top manufacturer in the IEM world - and whilst no inears freak would buy something with Fender written on, I can fully understand why Fender wanted to get a presence in the music shops and appeal to the musician. IMHO, if you were asking my opinion what you should be getting for under £200, you should be getting some UE900s. You can currently get them from here - https://www.eglobalcentral.co.uk/logitech-ultimate-ears-ue900s-headphone-en.html - (I know the site looks a bit err... but the goods are legit) for just over £150. That will give you a quad balanced armature setup with a dual bass, single mid and single top. The difference between a single driver (or even the 425 dual driver) and a quad driver is night and day.

Leaving gaps above and below is actually bad news. You can get circular hot air flow coming from the back back into the front...

I wrote a guide many moons ago that spells it out so even the most anti DIY guy knows what to do - http://basschat.co.uk/topic/70420-schaller-strap-locks-and-how-to-fit-them-properly/

Cut Marcus some slack. He works at a shop, he's not in the public limelight and shouldn't haven't to be suffering online like this. If you have a problem, a call or email to the shop is the correct procedure.

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/246773578/to-fit-allen-and-heath-zed-10fx-12fx?ref=shop_home_active_67 Click on the custom order and send your dimensions.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1492089660' post='3277861'] Hmmmmm ... you might be better off trying a length of wire with a jack plug at each end. Radical, I know, but it just might work. [/quote]

[quote name='hen barn' timestamp='1492085749' post='3277814'] I have been playing for 40 years now and the wife complaints how deaf I am! so went for ear test and now have to wear hearing aids!! So to protect them I got ACS 17 then 15 then 10 and hated it as felt like I was somewhere else. So got IEM found that really hard and couldnt talk to band members and new guitarist hated them. So I'm back looking for protectors? I have some xmas tree ones that I will try again but I might try some isolate one????? Any other suggestions? [/quote] Aw man! Why didn't you talk to me about talk back systems? My band talks to each other via mics that go to just the IEMs, not the front of house. Anyway, if you have some money to invest, you may want to look at the ACS live system and utilise just the live system, not the IEM feed bit. Its like wearing ear plugs with a volume control. May be worth giving them a shout to see if they can help you. I use my live systems in this way pretty much exclusively now - primarily when I'm depping in bands without the ability to give me an IEM feed.

I haven't tried them specifically... because I went and got one of these - [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/8-x-AA-1-5V-2A-Battery-Holder-Storage-Box-WITH-COVER-AND-ON-OFF-DC-jack-UK-/222012968972?hash=item33b101100c:g:6L0AAOSwhcJWHpSk"]http://www.ebay.co.u...L0AAOSwhcJWHpSk[/url] and 8 eneloop rechargeables. A lot cheaper. Note - I did resolder the cables to change the polarity to be pedal friendly - but you could use an adapter to do the same. Last ages - it's great.

Stainless DR LoRiders. Moved from stainless DR HiBeams recently, as I prefer the higher tension in the strings. Best strings I've ever used and they last for blooming ages - which is great as I'm not particularly a fan of coated strings. Oh - and they are pretty bright without being harsh... but not so bright that you can't get rid of the brightness if required.

I've found the Kemper to be the best of both worlds. Lightweight - and captures SS, tube, hybrid, whatever beautifully. I agree with Bill - there's been a lot of claims that ss can capture the valve thing... up until recently, I thought that was the case but the likes of Fractal, Kemper and the Helix has shown that the modelling game is getting to the stage where it is indistinguishable.

Any amp with a DI into a cheap mixing desk will do you. Means you can easily mix in your computer/phone etc to play along with too. And the extra EQ is nice to have also.